Maximum length of digital audio cable?

Posted By: James <jamesmil_ms@h...>Date: 3/21/1999 10:15p.m.

Does anyone know what the maximum length of Coax or TOSlink digital cable is? I want to run a digital audio cable from a home theater in the basement to a receiver in a main floor family room. Can the digital signal be sent via CAT5 (if so, whats needed to do the cable conversion)? Can the maximum cable length be extended with repeaters?